The Best Guide to Relative Clauses

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Relative clauses give extra information about a noun or pronoun in a sentence.[1]https://www.st-agnes.manchester.sch.uk/year-6-circles/relative-clauses/https://www.st-agnes.manchester.sch.uk/year-6-circles/relative-clauses/

They usually start with a relative pronoun.

Who

“Who” is a relative clause used as the subject or object pronoun for people.[2]https://englishstudyhere.com/grammar/relative-clauses-detailed-expressions/

For example:

  • People who
    do sports are fit.
  • The student who
    studies in the library will do well on the test.
  • The person who
    does yoga is flexible

Whom

“Whom” is a relative clause that refers to the people used as the object of a sentence.[3]https://www.slideshare.net/Ifahanwar/passive-voice-relative-clauses-causative-and-subordinating-conjungtion

For example:

  • He is the person whom I told you about.
  • From whom
    did you receive this present?
  • To whom
    did you give the cake?

Which/That

“Which” or “that” is used as the subject or object pronoun for animals or things.

For example:

  • The car that
    I was driving is very old.
  • The horse,
    which you were feeding,     was very hungry.
  • The house that
    she lives in is very big.

Where

“Where” is used to refer to a place.

For example:

  • I found the house where I used to live when I was little.
  • The school where
    I went to is very small.
  • The town where
    she lives is very far away.

When

“When” is used to refer to time.

For example:

  • I will never forget the day when I first met you.
  • When
    I was young, I used to go to the beach every summer.
  • She was very short when she was young.

Whose

“Whose” is used for possession for things, animals, and people.

For example:

  • The dog whose
    master is not home is very sad.
  • The little girl whose birthday is today is very happy.
  • The father whose
    son is graduating today from university is very proud and happy.

Example Exercises

Choose the proper relative clauses to complete the sentences.

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1. ______ car is this?

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2. I know a great restaurant ______ we can get dinner.

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3. Susie knows a person ______ family lives in the same city as us.

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4. Most of the people ______ I met at the party went to the same high school as me.

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5. The cake ______ you baked yesterday is almost all gone.

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6. My grandparents remember the time ______ there weren’t any smart phones.

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7. Students ______ study hard go to good universities.

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8. Car ______ are imported from other countries are expensive.

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